Woman mugged during TV interview about crime increase

A woman-on-the-street interview on an increase in crime took a surprisingly realistic twist when a man tried to rip a chain from her throat, telegraph.co.uk reports.

A television crew from TV Globo stopped a passer-by to ask whether she thought there had been a rise in theft and other crime in the downtown Central do Brasil area of Rio de Janeiro. As she’s speaking, a young man attempts to grab her necklace, as our video shows. The thief escaped through the traffic of the congested area, the report said … but he failed to get the jewelry.